Sir – Whatever the level of immorality or dishonesty being covered up, the wealthy protagonists seeking injunctions all want the same thing – to protect and preserve their reputation, their good name.

This begs an obvious question after the recent revelation that Sir Fred Goodwin, the former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, took out a superinjunction following an alleged inappropriate relationship with a female colleague while working at the bank. The question is, why pay a fortune for one of these last resorts of the rich?

Sir Fred’s reputation was already in tatters after he left RBS a very wealthy man, taking with him millions of pounds in bonuses and shares – with a sizeable pension too – and leaving the bank begging for billions from the taxpayer and thousands of his former employees losing their careers. Sir Fred’s reputation was already tainted with some of the worst aspects of the human condition, so what is there to protect? Unless, as recent media speculation has suggested, the alleged relationship played some part in his mismanagement of the bank Will Richards, Malvern